Christmas day vehicle fire reported in Yreka

Tuesday

A vehicle fire remains under investigation after the holiday weekend, and besides a few arrests, it was a fairly quiet weekend for county law enforcement.

A vehicle fire remains under investigation after the holiday weekend, and besides a few arrests, it was a fairly quiet weekend for county law enforcement.
Officers from the Yreka Police Department responded to the area behind Ray’s around 8:10 p.m. Saturday to investigate a car on fire.
Chief Brian Bowles said officers found that the car had been “set afire,” but until the investigation was complete, no other details were available for release.
Daily News employee Jeff DeLange was driving down Montague Road into Yreka when he saw the smoke.
“At first I thought, ‘That’s a pretty low cloud,’” DeLange said.
So he drove into the parking lot near the Laundry Chute laundromat and L.V.’s Pet Supply. With the closer look, he saw that the “cloud” was smoke.
“I’ve never seen anyone do a controlled burn back there, so I parked and went around the back to see what was happening,” DeLange said.
When he came around the back of the building, the car was engulfed in flames, DeLange said.
“I was pretty shocked,” he said.
DeLange said the owner of the pet supply store, Lance Vogel, was standing in front of the store when he pulled into the parking lot. DeLange said Vogel told him he heard a loud noise and ran out front to see what it was. When DeLange ran to the back of the store, he said Vogel went, as well. When they saw the car, Vogel said it was his car and asked DeLange to call the police, DeLange said.
Vogel told the Daily News he is not sure who would have set the car on fire.
The YPD also made five warrant arrests and one arrest for battery over the weekend. The battery call came in at around 3:33 a.m. Saturday. Officers responded to the 100 block of Blake Street, where they arrested 32-year-old Yreka resident Kenneth Hansen.
The Yreka branch of the California Highway Patrol reported one DUI arrest and nothing more than some minor traffic accidents.
The Mount Shasta CHP office and Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department had no major incidents to report.
– Jamie Gentner can be reached at jgentner@siskiyoudaily.com.

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